2 larva images

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Litonotus
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2 larva images

Post by Litonotus »

My canons s5is camera is dying so it is very hard to take any photo right now /: I have to make strange operations to take a satisfactory image...

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somebody made a messy poo right here (;
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Post by arturoag75 »

Beautiful, i think this is a Chironomide larvae... :wink:

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Post by Bugs »

Pretty sure it is a Chironomidae. With those posterior parapods it is likely in the Subfamily Tanypodinae. Would need an image of the head capsule to be sure.

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